Mathematical Background: We expect that the student is comfortable with basic mathematics at the level of a U.S. first-year college STEM student. This includes basic notions such as sets and functions ...

Python’s built-in data structures—like lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries—are the backbone of efficient, readable, and scalable code. Knowing when and how to use each can drastically improve ...

Understand the principles of efficient algorithms for dealing with large scale data sets and be able to select appropriate algorithms for specific problems. Understand and be able to apply the main ...